Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-07-29
STATE NEWS.

Burglars entered n. f. Bakers feed store
at Enosburgh Falls Thursday night of last
week and went through his safe but Sc
cured no money. They then broke into the
depot and blew open the safe there, secur-
about Sl5 in silver.
The Bennington village corporation have
voted tO light the streets by elect ricitv.
and have empowered the trustees to attend
to the matter at once They will be done
in time for the celebration August 49,
Mr. VIM. Devino of Winooski has brought
suit against the Central Vermont railroad
company for $50, 900 for the loss of his
wife in the Hartford railroad disaster last
winter.
Highgate has voted to build new 300
foot bridge to replace the old one. A por-
ton of the cost, $lj, 900, will he borne by
the state.
The Barlow Grays of st. Adams have
decided to disband, and the officers have
surrendered their commissions.
Eddie HER of Benson fell upon a scythe
the other day, and his right leg was nearly
amputated at the knee joint.
A barn belonging to o. b. johnson at st.
Adams was burned Saturday night, and one
horse persisted in the flames.
Prof l.. F. Billinger, a graduate Of Cor
nell university, has been elected to till the
vacancy caused by the resignation Of Capt.
Wait in Norwich university.
Rev. J. r. Bartlett, formerly editor of
the Vermont Christian Messenger, was ar
rested at Concord n. H., last week for AN
assault on IA small boy.
Albert Tuttle has leased the Bates House
at Rutland from Messrs. NJ. Quinn x Sons,
and will take possession October /.
John f., son of Charles Mcclure of
Montpelier, aged II, who was run over by
a locomotive at Narshfeld Summit on
Thursday of last week died of his injuries
Friday morning
DR.. o. +. Fassett Of st. Adams who
died a few days ago after long illness,
was native of Enosburg and 80 years of
age. He leaves a widow. Dr. Fassett was
a physician Of high standing, and had been
for two terms President of the Vermont
Medical society.
The Tooth anniversary of the First Con
gregationAl church at Brookfield was OBJ
served last week A large number of cler-
gymen and prominent people of the state
were present. The church was organized
with IL members and the first church was
built in 1902. Rev. Elijah Lyman was or
dained April 8, 1889 as the first regular
pastor Rev. William Stone was the second
pastor he now lives in Montpelier, at the
age of 80 years.
Tuesday evening five-year- old boy nam
ed Fradenburg, while playing on the banks
of the Walloomsac river at Bennington,
fell in and was drowned.
A romance in real life has occurred in
the town of Underhill A Frenchman in
an adjoining town upon his death-bed sent
for young woman, whom he had called
his daughter, and confessed that she was
not in reality bound to him by any tie of
relationship. He further stated that she
was stolen from her parents when quite
young, that her surviving relatives We're
well-to do American people, and gave sub
stantial evidence to prove his assertions
The lady was at once received and acknowl-
edged by her newly found relatives, and a
Just share of inheritance was made over to
her.
A Windsor Journal grumble Windsor
is now enjoying the benefit Of the long and
short haul clause of the interstate com
merce law as interpreted by the manage
ment of the Connecticut River railroad sys-
tenn. The freight per ton for coal from
Greenfield to this place, a distance of "A
miles, is 1925; from Bellows Falls to
Windsor, go miles, the freight is Sl.55.
Before the enactment of the interstate
commerce law Rutland was a competing
point in supplying our market with coal
BY the remarkable Interpretation of long"
and Short haul, " noted above, Rutland is
cut off, and our coal consumers are left to
the mercy of Greenfield coal dealers and
others favored by the Connecticut River
management.